So last chapter I left out the incident with Shigaraki cause I didn't feel like writing it, but I might go back and change that later so we'll see.
Izuku screamed as he fell through the air. He may have known how it was going to end up, but that did not mean it wasn't still terrifying to be falling down a cliff.
"Since this is private property, feel free to use your quirks all you want!" Mandalay yelled down to the students. "You have three hours, good luck!"
Izuku turned towards the forest to see a monster with giant tusks and and horns all over its body. The monster charged and Izuku activated Full Cowling. He jumped towards the beast along with Iida and Katsuki. Todoroki froze the monster's legs. The four different attacks caused the monster to crumble into dust?
"I-it must be Pixie Bob's q-quirk!" Izuku said.
"Tch, well if that's the case, she isn't very strong!" yelled Katsuki taking a step forward.
Todoroki put his hand out to stop the explosive teen. "No, look. There are more of them." He was right. What looked like hundreds of earthen giants were crashing through the forest.
"Well, we'll just have to fight our way through," Iida said. "As much as it pains me to say so." Izuku nodded his agreement and powered up Full Cowling again. He looked at his classmates to see them also gearing up to fight. Shinsou had his capture scarf out and ready to use.
Several hours later, and way past noon, the students of class 1-A finally arrived at the lodge. They looked dead on their feet. Izuku looking the worst out of them all. He'd had to use his telekinesis to stop several of the monsters from crushing his classmates, plus at one point he'd accidently drawn out a blood blade and now he was both exhausted and anemic. Not a fun situation to be in. He needed food, and he needed it soon.
Mandalay and Pixie Bob welcomed them to the lodge. Pixie Bob had taken a special interest in Izuku, Katsuki, Iida, and Todoroki. From the corner of his eye he spotted a little boy, maybe seven or eight years old, and walked over to him.
"H-hi, I'm Izuku Midoriya from c-class 1-A, what's your n-name?" The kid pulled back a fist and punched Izuku in the privates. Before walking away. Izuku collapsed.
"I don't talk with wanna be heroes!" the kid said.
"Why this brat!" Katsuki yelled while running over to his brother. Iida was already there and yelling something about how it was a low blow to punch a man there.
"I'm so sorry," said Mandalay. "That's my cousin's son, Kota. He's living with us right now."
"I-it's okay."
After a very delicious dinner the boys and girls went to bathe in the hot spring. Kota went as well after a lot of encouragement from Mandalay.
"Make sure none of the boys peep on the girls, okay?" Honestly it was just to get the kid used to being around the teens for the next week, but she knew he wouldn't go without a legitimate reason.
All of the students were relaxing in the water, when Kota came out. He walked over to the shallow edge of the hot spring, and slipped on a towel someone had left there. The kid went flying and would have hit his head on the ground had Izuku not used Full Cowling to catch him before he could. Kota was out cold.
"I'm g-going to take him to M-mandalay," he said, holding Kota in his arms.
(Time skip)
"Thank you, the suddenness of the fall must have made him pass out," Mandalay said as she put a cold cloth on Kota's forehead.
"W-well, I'm just glad h-he's alright," Izuku said. 'I don't talk with wannabe heroes!' echoed through his mind. "C-can I ask you something?"
"Sure, go right ahead."
"W-why does Kota-kun h-hate heroes so much?" Izuku asked. "I mean f-for most kids heroes are something t-they admire. For me its b-been my dream ever since I w-was a kid."
"I suppose that's true. And maybe if Kota had a normal childhood it would have been the same for him," Mandalay said looking at the small boy.
"W-what happened?"
Pixie Bob answered the question as she entered the room. "It was Mandalay's cousins, Kota's parents that is. They were heroes too. But they were murdered."
Izuku looked at Kota. 'So he's just like me,' he thought.
"It was a villain, two years back. Kota was still so small," Mandalay spoke with visible pain in her voice. "They were killed while protecting citizens. Perhaps the most respectable way for any hero to die, but... how do you even begin to explain to a child that his parents died honorable deaths? They were his entire world. Everything. But to him, his parents had left him behind. And all the while they were being praised because their sacrifice was such a noble one.
"Honestly he doesn't like us that much either. We're heroes, like they were. I'm sure he feels like he's stuck here because he has nowhere else to go. Heroes just don't make any sense to Kota. After all, if his parents hadn't been heroes, they would still be here."
Izuku couldn't bring himself to reply.
(Time skip again)
"Good morning class," Aizawa said to his class of twenty yawning students. "Today we begin a training camp that will increase your strength. Our goal is to increase your skills exponentially, so that each of you earns a provisional license. This will allow you to face the dangers that continue to fester in the darkness. Proceed carefully. Look alive Bakugou!" Aizawa tossed the explosive teen the ball from the fitness test at the beginning of the year. "Try throwing that for me."
"Like at the fitness test," Katsuki said looking at the ball.
"That's right. When you first started school your record was 705.2 meters. Let's see if you've improved."
Katsuki walked forward to throw the ball.
"Oh I get it," Mina yelled. "We're checking our progress!"
"A lot's happened to us the past three months, maybe he can throw it a whole mile now!"
"Come on, get it Bakubro!" yelled Kirishima. Katsuki swung his arm around to loosen it up.
"I've got this, no one blink!" He pulled his arm back and started his throw. "Go to hell!" An explosion rang out and the ball flew off into the distance.
'That's a new one,' Izuku thought to himself.
"That was 709.6 meters," Aizawa said. The whole class was shocked.
"That's it?" Sero said. "Kinda disappointing."
"You've had a single semester at Yuuei, and due to various experiences all of you have definitely improved. But those improvements have mostly been limited to mental prowess and technical skill. With a slight increase in stamina thrown in along the way," Aizawa explained. "Your quirks haven't grown that much stronger. Not on a fundamental level. That's why we're going to focus on improving your powers." Aizawa smirked and shivers ran down the backs of each student. "This is going to be so hard you'll feel like you're dying. Let's hope you all survive."
Izuku wasn't sure that any of them would.
He was right. Everyone except for was given a task to make their quirks stronger. Izuku for example was being forced to lift insane weights. The idea was to make him stronger. It would allow him to lift heavier things with Telekinesis, and it would strengthen his body so that he could use more percentage of One for All.
Shinsou on the other hand was being forced to fight Tiger in order to get more muscle mass, seeing as his quirk had no way of getting stronger. It was literally speak, enemy responds, enemy is controlled. He needed to grow stronger so that he could fight without relying on his quirk. His fight with All Might revealed that pretty quickly.
By the time dinner rolled around the students were exhausted. Then to find out that they had to make their dinner themselves. Izuku watched as Kota walked away, towards the forest. He grabbed a plate of curry and went to follow the boy.
Izuku figured he had made the right decision when he heard the many growls coming from the boy's stomach. They were now standing in front of a cave on a cliff that over looked the forest.
"I-i heard that!" Izuku said as he walked up. "You must be p-pretty hungry. Here, I brought y-you some curry."
"No way! How'd you find this place?"
"O-oh, sorry. I followed your f-footsteps. I thought you might like s-some food before it got cold."
"Whatever. I'm just fine," Kota said taking a step back. "Now get lost! I don't want to hang out with you. So forget about my secret hideout."
Izuku looked around. "T-this is a secret h-hideout?"
"Hmph. Spending your entire life trying to improve your quirk. It's dumb! All you want to do is show off. Get lost!"
Izuku looked at Kota. "Hey, about y-your parents, were they the W-water Hose heroes?"
"Did Mandalay tell you?!" Kota yelled.
"No, w-well.. it's... I read a-about it... a few years b-back... so I just k-kinda, guessed," Izuku stammered. "What h-happened to them was r-really awful."
"Go away," Kota turned around to face the forest. "Everyone is so stupid, calling people stupid names like 'hero' and 'villain' and then killing each other because of it. Always focusing on their quirks. If they hadn't been showing off they'd still be here. Idiots."
'It's not just heroes,' Izuku thought. 'He hates quirks too. And the entire superhuman society. He really is just like me all those years ago.'
Izuku remembered what is was like for him when his mother died, how he'd been. Honestly he was surprised Aizawa hadn't killed him.
Flashback (just thought I'd put this in cause I wanted to) Izuku is seven
"I won't do it!" Izuku yelled at Aizawa who stood in front of him. "I won't use it! Never again! I never want to use a quirk again! I hate them! I wish quirks didn't exist!"
Aizawa sighed and then knelt down in front of Izuku, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Look kid, I get it, you're hurting. But acting like this is not the answer. You have a quirk, and there's nothing you can do about it. Plus kid, bad things happen, they have since long before quirks came about. Its not quirks that are bad, its the people that use them. So stop your whining, and get off your butt. You want to be a hero right? Then do it. Be a hero so that no one has to go through what you are ever again. But to do that, you're going to have to learn how to control your quirks."
Flashback end
"We're done here," Kota said. "Go back to camp with the other losers!"
"Y-you know, Kota. I used t-to be just like you," Izuku said. He didn't know why he was saying it, but now that he started he couldn't stop.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"My mom, she w-was killed when I was six. A-and I ended up doing s-something I regretted, so I n-never wanted to use my q-quirks," Izuku explained. "I thought t-that if the world didn't h-have quirks than nothing b-bad would have happened, that my m-mom would still be alive. But t-then someone told me s-something, something that c-changed my mind.
"He said, 'Bad things h-happen, they have since long b-before quirks came about. Its n-not quirks that are b-bad, its the people that use t-them. So stop your whining, a-and get off your butt. You want t-to be a hero right? Then d-do it. Be a hero so t-that no one has to go t-through what you are e-ever again. But to do that, y-you're going to have to learn h-how to control your q-quirks.' I thought he was m-mean at the time, but he w-was right. You and I, we m-may be very different. B-but I still think that you can't j-just blame everything on quirks. S-sorry."
"Will you just leave me alone already?" Kota yelled. "Go away!"
"I-i'm sorry. I guess I h-have a habit of rambling s-sometimes. I'll leave the c-curry here." Izuku put the curry down and walked away.
After dinner the students had a test of courage, minus the remedial students of course. Izuku was paired with Sero for the event. While Todoroki and Katsuki were a pair. Izuku was just happy that they'd been on better terms since the fight with Stain. It seems that going through something like that really brings people together. That or it was the incident in the hospital room that caused them to bond.
Right before Izuku's group was given the go ahead to get going a sudden smell of something burning flooded the area. When they looked around the reason was obvious, the forest was on fire. Suddenly Pixie Bob was outlined in pink and being lifted in the air. Izuku tried to use his telekinesis to stop her movements but the other quirk was too strong, and she was quickly crushed by a giant weapon covered in cloth.
"Let's get rid of these feral cats first," said the the villain holding the weapon.
"P-pixie Bob!" Izuku yelled, trying to run forward. Tiger and Mandalay intercepted him. That was when he noticed. Kota was gone. He had been right there with them, so where was he? Was he at his hideout?
"How are you doing this evening, Yuuei High School?" asked a lizard looking villain wearing a red scarf and with swords on his back. "We are part of the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains."
"The league of villains? What are those guys doing here?" asked Ojiro.
The guy holding down Pixie Bob started to speak. "I could crush this kitty's head so easily. How about it, dears, should I?"
"You get away from her!" yelled Tiger, putting his fists up.
"Now, now, hold on Big Sis Mag. You too, Tiger, calm down. When deciding who should live or die let's remember that we're abiding by Stain's principles," The lizard man said.
"S-stain?" Izuku said.
"So you're the ones who Stain inspired," Iida said.
"That's us. In fact I recognize you four-eyed kid. You're one of the selfish brats who attacked Stain in Hosu city. Well allow me to introduce myself," the villain said pulling out a giant weapon with hundreds of blades bound together with leather straps. "Call me Spinner! I'm here to make Stain's dream a reality."
"I don't care who you are, you're criminals," Tiger said stepping forward. "The woman lying there is a pro hero named Pixie Bob, who has saved countless lives. She's giving her all for these young heroes. She's looking for a mate, but other than that she's content. What gives you the right to cut such a happy life short?!"
"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's not a heroes job to be happy?!" Spinner yelled while rushing forward.
"Tiger! I've talked to everyone. Trust the safety of the other students to Ragdoll. You and I will stay here. We'll hold them back! You kids return to camp, class rep you're in charge on the way there. Don't engage anyone!"
"Leave it to me!" Iida yelled. "Let's go!"
Izuku didn't move with his classmates.
"Midoriya!" Iida yelled.
"Go o-on without me!" Izuku replied. "Mandalay!"
"What are you saying? Midoriya!"
"Kota! I-i know where he i-is!" Izuku said, putting his right hand over his chest.
"Fine, but once you find him head straight back to camp! You hear me?" Mandalay ordered.
"Yes!"
"Then go!" And he did. Izuku powered up One for All Full Cowling and leapt through the forest. He could feel that he'd gotten slightly stronger over the last two days, but he didn't have time to dwell on that. When he reached the hideout Izuku saw Kota, being attacked by a villain. Without thinking Izuku ran and grabbed the boy, blocking him from a powered up punch only to be sent flying. He phone falling from his pocket and shattering on the ground.
"What are you doing?!" Kota yelled at Izuku who was coughing as he stood up.
"Now you I recognize," the villain said. He wore a black robe and his head and left arm were revealed. His left eye was artificial, like Izuku's. "You were on the list."
'I just came to make sure that Kota was safe and get him back to camp,' Izuku thought while putting his fists up. 'I didn't think there would actually be any villains! Damn it! That hit broke my phone. And I didn't tell anyone where I was going to I can't expect any reinforcements to show up either. It's just me. All alone. I have to stop this guy by myself, but can I really do that while protecting Kota?' Izuku shook his head to clear the thoughts. 'No, I just have to do it. With everything I have right now!'
"H-hey," Izuku said to Kota as he stood up. "I promise e-everything will be okay. I'm g-going to save you, K-kota!"
"You really think you can save this little brat?" asked Muscular. "That does sound like something a wannabe hero would save. Your kind just loves to mouth off about justice. The names Midoriya right? Shigaraki said I can't kill you. Something about a special purpose and getting his revenge. Though, the guy never said you had be sent in one piece. So about a little torment before I take you back with me? Show me your blood!" Muscular jumped forward and aimed a punch for Izuku's face. The teen managed to put an arm up in time but was still thrown into the cliff face. Izuku let out a cry of pain when he made contact with the rock, his left arm was broken. (What is up with me hurting Izuku on the left side?! Oh well. His right side will get a turn eventually.)
"Whoopsie, you're quite banged up there. Oh, hey! Maybe you could help me out a bit. Where's the Bakugou brat at? Shigaraki wants him for something," Muscular said.
'Kaachan?' "What d-do you want, with my b-brother?!" Izuku yelled .
"Oh, so you're brothers! That sure explains a bit. Unfortunately though it seems as though you don't know where he is. So now I can play with you to my heart's content!" Izuku jumped out of the way as Muscular punched where he used to be. His broken arm was dangling and turned in a bad direction. He couldn't move it at all.
Muscular jumped and kicked Izuku in the stomach. The boy smashed higher into the rock face before slamming down to the ground. His head dripped with blood.
"Yes! Blood is exactly what I wanted to see!" Muscular yelled. "What was it you said earlier about saving the kid? How's that working out for you? Don't just lay there stupid!"
'His quirk is too powerful,' Izuku thought. 'I can't think about Kaachan right now. If I focus too much on that then I'm dead. I need a plan to stop this guy and get Kota out of here!' Izuku couldn't risk using a blood blade, he was so beaten up that if he wasn't careful he'd drawn too much out and then pass out. So he had to rely on Telekinesis and One for All. Luckily those were the quirks he'd been training with.
As he struggled to stand up Izuku tried to use his Telekinesis on the man, and it worked. But he could feel his control slipping. It wouldn't last long.
"What's this?" Muscular asked. "Is your quirk like Stain's? Interesting, I'm liking you more and more kid!"
While the man was frozen Izuku spoke to Kota, "I can't h-hold him for long, Kota, s-so I need you to run b-back to camp. I promise I-i'll be fine, but you n-need to go!" At that moment the blood running down his head clouded Izuku's vision and he blinked, allowing Muscular to move again. Izuku jumped forward. "Smash!" he yelled. But the villain didn't flinch. He wasn't hurt, at all.
"Is that all you've got kid? You may be fast, but you're not nearly strong enough to fight against me." Muscular swung his arm and Izuku went flying backwards, smashing and rolling against the ground. "My quirk enhances my speed and strength so much that my muscles can't even be contained by my skin. I know I'm bragging a bit, but come on! I guess what I'm trying to say is, you're just an inferior version of me!"
Muscular jumped forward so hard that pieces of the ground went flying, one of which hit Izuku in the head right before the villain punched him in the side, smashing him to the ground again Izuku let out a cry of pain.
"I can't help but laugh at you kid!" the man yelled. "You really think you're a hero don't you?! How are you going to save him huh? Don't make promises you can't keep. Live up to your words or they don't mean anything. You're no hero, you're just a fraud. And you're going to die that way!" Muscular went to punch Izuku again but a sudden rock went flying through the air and hit the villain on the head, drawing his attention to Kota.
"Remember Water Hose?" Kota asked, his eyes brimming with tears. "My mom, and my dad. Did you torment the two of them too, before you killed them?!"
Muscular turned around completely. "Seriously? You're the kid of those losers? Well then, this must be fate. The Water Hose heroes, they're the reason my left eye is artificial."
"Nothing in the world is right anymore," Kota cried. "and it's because of crazy people like you!"
"See, that's the problem with little kids. They're always blaming things on others. It's not like I killed them because they took my eye. I wanted to kill people, and they wanted to stop me. We were all just doing what we wanted. The tragedy of the situation is promising something you can't do. It's why your parents are dead kid!"
Izuku couldn't hold it in anymore. He jumped forward, propelling himself with One for All Full Cowling, it was enough to break the ground a bit.
"Nice try with the sneak attack, kid, but I'm ready!" Muscular yelled turning his head around.
"You r-ruined his life, and y-you won't take the b-blame?!" Izuku stuck his hand in between the the muscles so that the villain couldn't avoid his hit. "Got you n-now! It doesn't matter how q-quick you are."
Muscular pulled back his other arm and launched a punch. "But what's your next move? You gonna punch me with that puny quirk of yours again?"
"I-it doesn't matter, if I can or c-can't do it," Izuku yelled. "A h-heroes job, is turn his p-promises into reality!" 'One for All 100 percent!' Izuku punched Muscular in the head with a smash. The blow was so big that Kota went flying off the cliff and Izuku had to grab him with his teeth. "G-gotcha, sorry about t-that."
"Thank you for..." Kota realized that Izuku's arms were both broken. Izuku's own adrenaline was keeping him from noticing how bad the pain really was.
"Come on, w-we need to get back to camp. I-it's not far from h-here," Izuku was interrupted by Muscular. The punch hadn't been enough to stop him. He had expanded his muscles to take the blow, and was now retracting them back into his body.
'No way, it can't be! I was at 100 percent. That's as strong as All Might!' Izuku thought.
"Hah! A bit too obvious," Muscular said stepping forward. "But hey, not to bad Midoriya! I think I've changed my mind. I'm going to kill you, and then I'm going to kill the brat. Shigaraki can have whatever's left of your corpse!"
"N-no! Stay away!" Izuku yelled at the villain.
"Nah, attacking sounds more fun."
'It's no good, what am I supposed to do now? I just need some time to think.'
"T-tell me. Why have you come h-here? What does the L-league want from us?!"
"Doesn't matter to me, I'm just glad they finally let me off the leash." Muscular put his hand in his pocket as his muscles starting coming from his skin. "As long as I get to use my quirk all I want I don't really care. Remember what I told you earlier? We were just playing around. now it's time to get serious." Muscular put a nice fake eye in place of his one from earlier. It must have gotten destroyed by Izuku's punch. "I'm coming at you for real. Cause truth be told, you're pretty strong. I see that now."
"Q-quick, grab on, hurry!" Kota put his arms around Izuku's neck and the teen jumped as Muscular launched himself towards where they used to be, breaking the ground.
'It's like his quirk has been supercharged. It's totally insane! Looks like he really was just toying around before he killed me.' Muscular punched by where the two boys were, sending them flying.
"Ah, damn! I got too excited." Muscular's fist was stuck in the cliff face.
'If we can just get back to camp, Aizawa-sensei should be there. Then he can erase this guy's quirk. Yeah, that's it! I need to get him to chase after me and Kota. But, I'm so tired from today's training! If I turn my back on this guy then we're done for. I have no choice but to fight him right here. Right now!
'I have to remember I got here, how far I've come! I'll stand my ground. And I'll make sure Kota is safe!' Izuku looked up with a new fire in his eye.
"Stay b-back Kota. And then when it's t-time, run back to camp," Izuku told the kid.
"You're attacking him again?" Kota asked. "You can't do that! Let's just go! Come on! You're punch didn't hurt him earlier remember? Besides, both your arms are busted up."
"I-it's going to be f-fine." 'One for All 100 percent!' Muscular removed himself from the rock and came charging again. Izuku prepared a punch.
"I'm coming for you!"
"Detroit... Smash!" Izuku just barely managed to hold Muscular back with his punch and the man kept pushing, but so did Izuku.
"What's wrong?! That was even weaker than before!"
"O-okay! It'll all be o-okay!" Izuku yelled. "I will not l-let him get past me! Kota, run! Go now!"
"Still looking after him? Oh man, you're something else, aren't you?"
"Shut up, damn it!" Izuku yelled crying out in pain from his now shattered arm.
"But why!" called out Kota.
"Show me... your blood!" yelled Muscular his muscles now breaking out from his legs, tearing his pants apart.
'A real hero...' echoed the voice of All Might in Izuku's mind, 'will always find a way for justice to be served!'
'Sorry All Might! Kaachan! I tried my best.'
"I'm gonna crush you!" Izuku was shoved into the ground by Muscular. Attempts to hold him off with Telekinesis were no good, the man was too big and heavy now. Izuku closed his eyes as he felt his consciousness fade. And then a steady flow of water hit Muscular in the side.
"What the... is that water?" the villain asked.
"Let him go!" yelled Kota.
"Hold on, there, 'kay?" Muscular asked. "I'll kill you after I'm done with..."
At the mention of Kota being killed Izuku felt his strength returning and multiplying. He pushed back against Muscular.
"I won't let you, hurt Kota!" Izuku yelled.
"Damn it, how are you getting stronger?!"
"You won't lay a hand on him!" 'All for One, 1,000,000 percent Delaware... Detroit... Smash!' "Aahhh!" Muscular went flying as Izuku swung his punch at his face, the villain's quirk disappearing as he did so. He'd won.
Kota fell to the ground and Izuku took a step back.
"Why? Why did you risk your life?" asked Kota his face scrunching up as he cried. "Even though, you don't know me at all. Why did you try to save me?"
Izuku let out a cry of triumph.
(I was going to end the chapter here, but I decided not to, so here you go guys, hope you like it. And I know that fight was like canon, but in my opinion it couldn't be any better than it was, so yeah.)
Izuku panted and then started to fall, but he caught himself before he could. Kota ran forward.
"I-i'm fine. Just g-give me a s-second and then t-there's something I h-have to do," Izuku said.
"But you're all beat up, what could you possibly have to do now?!"
"I k-knew he'd be s-strong. That's why I h-had to defeat him here. I t-thought I'd be a-able to inflict a lot more d-damage in the end t-though. Turns out I-i seriously underestimated h-how powerful his quirk w-was. If every villain a-attacking us tonight is on the same l-level, all our lives a-are at stake," Izuku said. "On top of t-that it sounds like their a-after some of us students. I-i have to let Aizawa-s-sensei and the Pussy Cats k-know. That's one of the r-reasons they're here.
"I m-may be injured, but I n-not defeated yet. There a-are more people I can s-save. We'll leave t-this villain here for the t-time being. With my arms b-being this beaten up I don't t-think my smash was as strong a-as it could have been, but I-i still think it's taken h-him down for a while. He w-won't wake up anytime s-soon. And even if h-he did, he'd be too w-weak to fight.
"F-for right now, I just need t-to make sure you're s-safe. We're gonna need some h-help only you can give u-us. The forest is on f-fire, that means my friends c-could be trapped by the f-flames. But we have h-hope. Your water quirk c-can put those flames o-out." Kota gasped. "Kota? You hear m-me? We need you. Now g-get on my back. W-we need to get you to c-camp, fast."
Kota climbed onto Izuku's back. "You sure you can carry me? You're all busted up."
"No n-need to worry. That's w-why I left my legs u-unbroken! Hang on t-tight! This could be r-rough!" Izuku fired up One for All Full Cowling and started running back to camp. Adrenaline was the only thing keeping him going, that and a purpose.
'I've got a bad feeling about this,' Izuku thought.
""J-just a little bit f-further!" Izuku said.
"Hey look!" Kota called. Running across their path was Aizawa.
"A-aizawa-sensei!" Izuku yelled at his teacher.
"Problem Child..." Aizawa saw Izuku's injuries and Kota wrapped around his back.
"You're h-here, thank goodness. I n-need to catch you u-up on what I've l-learned about the villains but w-we don't have much t-time."
"Hey."
"P-plus I need to find M-mandalay. There's something t-that I have to get her t-to tell everybody."
"Hold on!"
"I'll be back soon!" Izuku ran off.
"Wait, Midoriya!" Izuku stopped running.
"Huh?"
"Those injuries. You went too far again didn't you? Have you forgotten about Hosu?"
"Uh... N-no. I haven't."
"Go. But tell Mandalay to relay a message for me, too." Izuku's eyes widened.
(Tiny time skip)
Izuku ran towards the clearing where he saw Mandalay and Tiger just barely holding their own against the two villains from earlier. Spinner was about to cut through Mandalay, but Izuku jumped and smashed through the giant weapon before he could.
"M-mandalay! Kota! He's s-safe!"
"You found him?"
Izuku slid across the ground, trying to minimalize the damage to his already broken arms. "A-and I've got a message from A-aizawa-sensei. We need you to use telepath! 'Classes 1-A and 1-B in the name of the pro hero Eraser Head, have permission to fight!"
Mandalay nodded and relayed the message.
"Get back to camp right now!" Mandalay yelled after she sent out the message. "Those injuries aren't normal!"
"I-i'm sorry, but I can't!" Izuku got up and started running, Full Cowling activated. "Y-you need to send o-one more thing. The villains, I know one r-reason they're here! T-they're after Kaachan! Please! You have t-to let the others know!"
"Kaachan?! Who's that?" Mandalay asked, then noticing what Izuku was doing yelled. "No, stop!"
Magne broke free of Tiger and ran for Izuku, planning to kill him.
"Don't Big Sis Mag!" yelled Spinner throwing a knife at the other villain to stop him.
"What was that for, Spinner?! He was our main target!"
"He is someone Stain wished to save, a true hero. I will not let you kill him!"
"Uh, Spinner, Shigaraki wanted the kid, I wasn't going to kill him!"
"Oh," Spinner said putting his arm down. "Then I'm sorry." Tiger and Mandalay then finally got their hits in.
Mandalay decided that if she couldn't stop Izuku, she might as well relay his message.
(With Izuku cause he ran off)
Something that sounded like a gunshot rang out. 'Kaachan, you'd better be okay!' Izuku kept running, he couldn't afford to stop. Suddenly a hand made of darkness reached out to grab Izuku, he barely managed to dodge, but ended up thrown backwards. His broken arms screamed in agony. Scratch that. Izuku was the one screaming.
He opened his eyes to find that he was wrapped in Shoji's tentacles and lying on his back. "S-shoji?"
"You're gravely injured," Shoji said. "With that body you really shouldn't be moving around. I'm amazed at he lengths you're willing to go to protect your friends."
"Shoji, j-just now was that?"
"Yeah, I covered him for a bit but then I got hurt and it triggered something in him, and he lost control. If we want to get through, we'll have to fight, Tokoyami."
"W-we need to lead him s-somewhere with light!" Izuku yelled. "Do you k-know where Kaachan and T-todoroki are?"
"They were the behind us, so they shouldn't be too far away I think, why."
"Cause I-i have a plan. You'll h-have to make duplicates and get D-dark Shadow to follow us. We can lead him s-straight to Kaachan and Todoroki. That way, w-we can save them all!" Shoji nodded and started to make duplicates. Izuku yelled to Tokoyami to let Dark Shadow take control and trust him, and then they were off.
The sound of fighting drew closer. Katsuki, Shinsou, and Todoroki were fighting against some villain with extremely long and strong teeth. Todoroki had a guy from 1-B on his back, unconscious. (Don't ask how Shinsou got there, just accept it)
As they ran forward Izuku yelled, "K-kaachan, Todoroki! One of you g-give us some light!"
Katsuki held Todoroki back when he realized the Dark Shadow was taking care of the villain for them, but as soon and the guy was taken care of, they jumped forward, quirks blazing.
"You and I really aren't a good match," Katsuki told Tokoyami.
"I'm sorry," Tokoyami said. "Thanks for saving me."
"We can't worry about that right now," said Todoroki. "We have to get out here."
"That's right, w-we found out that Kaachan is o-one of the villain's targets."
"Why would they want Bakugou?" Tokoyami asked.
"I don't know," Izuku said. "B-but the villain I f-fought said Shigaraki a p-purpose for him, so I d-don't think they want him d-dead."
"Well that's good at least," said Todoroki. "But still, we need to move. If we stay here, we're sitting ducks."
"Right. Todoroki you move from the front," Shoji said. "I'll walk behind you with Midoriya. Shinsou and Tokoyami, you two stay behind Bakugou. If we move like this, we should be okay."
The group continued to formulate a plan While Katsuki stood there confused.
"I don't need you protecting me, damn it!" he yelled.
The group ran, fast. Until they ran into Ochako and Asui who had just managed to fight off Toga.
"Deku-kun!" Ochako yelled. "What happened to you?! What are you guys doing?"
"Ah, I-i'm fine. We're running back t-to camp while protecting K-kaachan," Izuku said.
"Bakugou?"
"But if you're protecting him," said Asui, "then where is he?"
"Huh? W-what are you talking about h-he's right..." Izuku and the group looked to see Shinsou, Tokoyami, and Bakugou all gone. "W-where are they?!"
"I've taken them off your hands!" yelled a voice from the treetops. "The only real target was Bakugou, but the other two were so interesting I couldn't help myself!"
"Give t-them back!" Izuku yelled.
"Give them back? They're not objects. I'm simply going to give them a better stage to shine on! Now then, if you'll excuse me, I'll be off!" Compress started jumping through the air, landing on the trees.
"No!" Izuku yelled.
Todoroki let out his ice, covering the entire area. "Like hell I'd let you get away!" The students started running after him, but Compress was too fast.
Izuku had an idea. "Uraraka! H-hurry, make us float!" he yelled.
Izuku explained his plan to his classmates and then Ochako used her shirt and some nearby sticks to bind his broken arms. Then she used her quirk to make the boys float while Asui launched them towards Compress, Shoji holding on to the other boys.
They swiftly caught up to the villain and crushed him, right in front of the rest of the Vanguard Action Squad.
"These brats I know them! Who are they?" yelled Twice, his two personalities contradicting each other.
"Mister, dodge," said Dabi, letting off a blast of blue fire. The three boys were thrown back and Izuku was severely burned on his right arm.
"Whoops. I wasn't supposed to hurt the target," Dabi said under his breath. "But it looks like someone already did a number on him. Was it Muscular?"
Izuku landed and the ground and was quickly jumped on top of by Toga. "Hi~! I'm Toga, my dear, Izu-kun~! I was just thinking this, but, you'd be much cuter if you'd bleed some more!" Toga stabbed Izuku in the left shoulder, and the boy screamed. He threw Toga off of him in time for Shoji to yell.
"Both of you, run!" He revealed in one of his hands that held three small blue beads. "In your right pocket, it's them right?"
"Shoji!" yelled Izuku.
"Well done, six arms!" said Compress. "However, well I am an entertainer after all." He lifted his mask to reveal three marbles, with Tokoyami, Shinsou, and Katsuki inside them.
Izuku was shocked for just a moment before he activated his telekinesis. He moved the beads from the villain's mouth and sent them to Todoroki, who was closest. The beads released the three stunned teens.
"Damn it! I forgot you could do that!" yelled Compress. "Oh well, we can still get one target today!"
"W-what do you...?" Izuku was cut off by Toga springing onto him and Dabi letting off more fire, separating him from his friends. By the time Todoroki could freeze the flames Dabi had Izuku in his hand and was pulling him through Kurogiri's portal.
"Deku!" Katsuki yelled, running to grab his brother's out stretched hand.
"K-kaachan!" Izuku yelled, but then the adrenaline ran out, and his arms dropped as he fell unconscious and was dragged through the portal.
'I'm sorry!'
Wow that long. Over 6,000 words this time guys. I could have done that in two chapters, but I figured I'd get it all out in one go! So how'd I do? Was it good? Please, comment!
Anyway, I'll see you next chapter, it's one of my favorites.